Plate Tectonics

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C Q K E K S I C O S H O I C I L E V J M N
N S V O U A Y A W P Y P D E J O D E T F B
E Q J C H S K R B Y V Y I A Q N L J O A W
R M O Q Q M E T P E C B N N V G I D H S R
T F I N N U K T M Y D U D T E T U M K H P
C U V U N K S O Q H N G I R U H B L R J C
I C S T T L C P U O F W A E A E N Q O P H
N P P C O G N S M C I S N N D P O E F T N
A T N P K C L T V E W Y O C C L T F W N R
E D P N D D V O N C N H C H C A K H G U J
C P M M N L G H P K Y M E E J T E T C I J
O E F Y V C R V U G W P A S X E T D A S R
D D N Q P L C P D P J D N H Q M K B F Y W
H H M W O B K I R M E M R S B A E I M U A
I B P Y S U V T N H D K I A I R E S G B J
J Q X X O I I E H P U Y D P N G R P U N X
M L U Y I K M O N D A J G R P I G X O S I
U W Q O M R C X L U Y T E K H N X Y F B T
P K T O P D G H D M K S W V J S D K N L T
E K C M R X R S C K E K B L G X N X P Q A

Clues

  • Give an example of a triple junction. (3, 6, 5, 5)
  • Looking at a map of global distribution of heat flow, where would the hottest areas be? (5, 3, 5, 7)
  • What feature in formed by oceanic crust being forced downwards by less dense crust? (7, 6)
  • What is the chain of extinct volcanoes that forms in succession called? (3, 4, 5)
  • Where do the deepest earthquakes occur? (5, 8)
  • Where does a fault slip producing an earthquake? (5)
  • Where does the term tectonic originate from? (5, 6, 7)

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